ReadPlease - free text to speech software for Windows. Reads any text that you can cut and paste into the program
Text Aloud - text to speech software. Reads documents and web pages. Also allows export to audio file types. Free trial but costs $29.95 to buy
Click, Speak - Extension for Firefox that add text to speech capabilities to the toolbar
Natural Reader - Text to Speech software. Free version converts any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. Paid version will convert written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV.
Word Talk - a free plug-in for Word to add text-to-speech
Word Web - free thesaurus, dictionary for your computer
Resources for May 8 & 15, 2008 meetings
Blog post on the need for textbooks by Carl Fisch
Andrew Church's wiki on Bloom's Taxonomy and technology
Text to Speech and other software
ReadPlease - free text to speech software for Windows. Reads any text that you can cut and paste into the program
Text Aloud - text to speech software. Reads documents and web pages. Also allows export to audio file types. Free trial but costs $29.95 to buy
Click, Speak - Extension for Firefox that add text to speech capabilities to the toolbar
Natural Reader - Text to Speech software. Free version converts any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. Paid version will convert written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV.
Word Talk - a free plug-in for Word to add text-to-speech
Word Web - free thesaurus, dictionary for your computer
Spoken Text - text to audio (mp3) converter
Rubric Creation Sites
Rubistar
Rubric Builder - from the Landmark Project
Assessment Generators - from the Canadian Teacher site
teAchnology Rubric site
Flash Cards/Online review activities
Cue Card 1.5 - flash cards that you can do on the computer or print off
Flash Card Machine - Create your own online flashcards or use ones that others have created
Study Stack - Create your own online flashcards, hangman game, crossword puzzle, matching, word search, or word scramble
Other Things
Online Timer/Stopwatch - run it from the web